Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-27
REPUBLIC. TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER q 1887

mere Il one dav IN the year when all tho
little BOYS Of Amsterdam have the run Of
the exchange II Grown up man eoes
IN that day they hare = picnic with him
The doorkeeper knew all about It, but
your poor papa didn'r, though be noticed
the doorman grin when he went in
He was bad man.
he was, indeed, but to make mp fo- it
ne told your papa all about why the boys
were there, and 30 that kind Il made up
for it. The guide book says that In 1922.
some few years before you came to this
country, the boys OF the town discovered
plot OF the Spaninrds to take the city Of
Amsterdam, and since thnt time the
children are allowed TO play for week in
the exchange. But like better the story
the old man told me. II was about Q
httle boy who was the hero Of
Not the hero Of HARLEM, pnlas"
"What about hmH'
"Oh, that little boy fou know. He
staid up all night and didn't let the was~-
run into the town till his arm Acbed.
Don't You rememherr'
Didn't l say this was a new story,
You are tying to work or that old one
on me-"
Then it isn't that one" with = sigh Of
relief.
No. that danger Is past This is an
entirely fresh one The little boy was one
day playing under bridge. There are
lots OF bridges in Amsterdam. He heard
two men on barge tell each other how
next day when the king was to cross
that bridge they were going to blow it up.
You see the barge was full Of gunpowder.
So the little boy crept out and ran aud
told his father, and his father went to the
palace and told the kings men, and they
went and caught the two men and found
the barge full Of powder, and then the
men confessed and told who had given
them the money to do it. Then the king
sent for the little boy and his father
brought him there before all the court.
You inay be sure tbs little boy was very
much frightened
did they kill him.'
why, Of course not. What would they
kill him for.''
II thought kings always killed little
boys when they caught them"
''Oh. no. You wrong kings very much.
They often have little boys Of their own,
and. stranGeto say, like them very much"
''And are they just like other folks
little boys"
Precisely the same. They make the
king tell stories till his head aches and the
crown won't fit. Well. a. was saying,
the king heard how this little boy had
saved his life. and he patted the boy on
the head and told him that he could have
whatever he asked for.
Then there was an awful, anxious mo-
ment for that boys papa. He hoped the
boy would have sense enough to ask for
F1O0, 600 and new suit Of clothes. Every
body held their breath to hear what tho
boy would ask for. Now, what do yor
think 1t wast''
"A rocking horse'
"No."
"A locomotives''
"Eo."
"A sleigh, What was it!"
He said he wanted to play all day in
the exchange. Then everybody laughed
and his father tore his hair"
The boys hair."
'sNo, his own. He would have liked to
tear the boys hair, but he remembered
where the switch and the strap were at
home, and thought he woHld wait bit.
But the king gave the boy . lot Of money
and said that on that day every year the
big men would have to 60 fishing or do
something else and let all the little boys
Of Amsterdam jump over the seats Of the
great hall in the exchange"
lis that ALL"
IAN. Isn't that enoughr'
"Yes. Tell me another, papa. Luke
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